Sounds intriguing. Would like more details.

I have to drop my tank soon to repair the tank vent system. That might
be a good time for a rebuilt tank.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
> i took a junk vanagon gas tank to my local welder and he thinks he can do
> this..  i cut the tanks open, clean them out thoroughly, let them dry, and he
> will weld them.   if it is a sucess, would there be any interest in these?   i
> have a number of good gas tanks here that i could do this to..
>
> basically we are talking about cutting the gas tank open on the top at the
> perimeter of the "saddle" depression, and welding in new metal to replace the
> area of the "saddle" (that vw should have eliminated with the demise of the
> aircooled vanagon), therefore increasing fuel capacity of the stock 2wd tank.
>
> anyone interested?
>
> chris
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